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Third Annual Sub5Zero Christmas Motoring Triviaganza

In the world of Yuletide car website content, there are lots of short “Thanks for reading, happy holidays, blah blah blah…” posts, and very little in the way of heavy mental lifting. However, we are one of the few, proud exceptions to that rule. Our hope for you this Christmas Day (aside from good times with loved ones and receiving some or all of the stuff on your list) is that you dig deep within your gearhead gray matter and give your able and *ahem* search-engine-free best toward conquering our now-traditional petrol-centric party platter of brain teasers…our Gordian-Keeble Knot…our Bertone BAT SAT… our Kamui Kobayashi Maru…

This is the Third Annual Sub5Zero Christmas Motoring Triviaganza! Good luck, enjoy your day, and be ready to check your answers tomorrow.

Round Four: Bomb Disposal

With what engine was the factory-entered, race-spec Lotus Elise GT1 fitted?

In what years did Moto Guzzi run its bonkers 500cc, water-cooled four-stroke V8 in grand prix motorcycle racing?

What was the only car to use GM’s front-wheel-drive V-body?

Which of the following manufacturers did not build or attempt to build a Class 1 touring car for DTM in the early- to mid-‘90s: Opel, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz?

Round Five: Lucifer’s Sweat-Soaked Taint

Which of the following has not been the location of an announced-and-subsequently-canceled Indy car (CART, IRL, ChampCar or IndyCar sanction) race: Lower Manhattan; Ansan, South Korea; Honolulu; Brasilia, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Boston; Quingdao, China?

What was unusual about the 1964 Oldsmobile 4-4-2?

For what company did DeTomaso build a mid-engine, rear-drive, three-cylinder hot hatch for Group B rallying that ultimately never competed?

For what mid-engine sports car of the 1970s was a “U8” engine (two inline-fours with separate cranks joined by a chain) proposed?

Three countries have one grand prix motorcycling world championship in one of the top three classes. Name those countries and, for extra credit, the year, name of the rider, and class.